The State has a year to solve the problems, but according to the organizations involved behind the mass claim, such as Platform Vlieghinder Kennemerland and Minder Hinder Gooise Meren, they must also pay for the damage that local residents have suffered for years. A summons is expected to be issued in at least six months, says campaign leader Sidney Vollmer of the organizations behind the mass claim.
According to Vollmer, approximately 600,000 claimants are assumed. “Multiplied by the number of years that damage has been suffered, this amounts to a claim of approximately 3 billion euros. A third of this must go directly to the victims, a third to the improvement of rail infrastructure and the rest to nature restoration. If the State If you don’t do it on your own initiative, then we have to help a little.”
According to Vollmer, the fact that it takes at least six months before a summons is issued has to do with the preliminary legal investigation that still needs to be done. “It depends on the lens through which you look at the problem. We have to find out on behalf of how many people we can make the claim.” Determining the damage suffered also plays a role. “Noise is very easy to measure, but determining where exactly harmful substances come from is more difficult. These are things that we have to find out whether they fall within or outside our claim.”
According to the court in The Hague, the State did not comply with the laws and regulations when weighing up interests. The government has acted in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights for years. That is why rules must now be introduced that better protect the interests of local residents. This could mean, among other things, that fewer flights are possible every year.
Decision of the court
According to the court in The Hague, the State did not comply with the laws and regulations when weighing up interests. The government has acted in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights for years. According to the judge, the “hub function” and the growth of Schiphol were first considered and only then the interests of local residents. The policy that was in place is also based on noise measurement points “of which it has been clear since 2005 that they do not provide a complete picture of (the distribution and severity of) noise pollution”, according to the judge. That is why rules must now be introduced that better protect interests. This could mean, among other things, that fewer flights are possible every year.
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